Re: Shift Points Manual Transmission

["therealdmcvegas" <DMCVegas@xxxx>]

Yeah, that sounds about the same as on my car. Because of the wierd 
ratio od the 5th gear, I treat my car like a 4-speed w/overdrive. I 
don't shift into 5th until at least 63-70 mph. The low # being the 
shift point for cruising, and 65+ for accelleration. Otherwise, I 
just cruise in the other 4 gears. And for the lower gears, I use the 
following shift points (it's easier to type just like the tach says 
X100); Conservative 32RPM, Commuting: 38-42RPM, Aggressive: 48-60RPM.

In this case, aggressive would be an uncommon, if not rare situation 
when the lane I'm in is ending, and I need to get ahead because 
slowing down isn't an option. Otherwise, I wouldn't reccomend 
shifting that late. 2 big reasons: 1. It will guzzle gas like you 
wouldn't believe! 2. While this may be only on my car, it allows the 
fan blades on the alernator to flex way too much in the direction of 
the belt. I have had the problem of where I didn't have the car in 
gear when shifting, and it popped into neutral. The RPMs jumped up to 
over 70. Next thing I knew, the alternator chewed my belt, and I had 
to replace it.

It's a plug I know, but if you want to really clean out you fuel 
system, try a bottle of Berryman's Total Fuel System Cleanup. You're 
not going to nessisarily be slammed into your seat, but it does 
noticable improce accelleration and power.

-Robert
vin 6585 "X"



--- In dmcnews@xxxx, "sgskbm" <SGSKBM@xxxx> wrote:
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> Anyway, I noticed that if I was under 2,500 RPM's the car seemed 
> to "lug" in 4th and 5th gears. If you are cruising and you are in 
5th 
> gear 2,500 RPMS seems to be around 60 or 65 MPH. If you 
accelerate, 
> at 2,200 to around 2,500 it will "lug" a little. I do not remember 
if 
> this is normal or not. At 2,500 RPMs and above no problem. 
> 
> The car runs great other then this issue and it performs well at 
the 
> top end, idles and starts great.
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